Improved horseshoe



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH JOREY, OE ROCKY HILL, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVED HORSESHOE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 24.643, dated July 5, 1859.

To all whom it may concern: i

Be tknown that I, JOSEPH .IOREY, of Rocky Hill, county of Hartford, and State of Con-` necticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Horseshoes; and I do hereby declare that the same is described and represented in the following specification and drawings; and to enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same I will proceed to describe its construction, referring to the drawing.

The nature of this improvement Consists in providing a detachable plate, made so as to cover the under surface of the shoe, over the head of the nails, after they are driven and clinched in connection with detachable screwcalks, by means of which the said plate is readily secured to or removed from the shoe when desired.

In the accompanying drawing is shown an isometrical view of my improvement.

A is the shoe proper. B is the plate. C are the calks. D are the screws, made on and projecting from the base of the calk.

These shoes, like all others, are made of various shapes and sizes, as circumstances require, and having nail-holes in the ordinary way, by means of which the shoe is secured to the foot. The plate B is made of corresponding shape and size to match the shoe, and is provided with holes through which the screws D of the calk G pass into the shoe A. Thus it will be clearly seen that the plate B may be easily removed and replaced by the use of a small wrench. This plate both supports the frog and protects the foot from accident. The cavity thus produced between the plate and the foot may be filled with any light material, so as to exclude foreign substance and keep the foot in a healthy condition, and also prevent the foot from calking or balling, and thereby making it less Vliable to get loose on the foot, and wh/enever the calks are worn short and it becomes necessary to have new ones the old ones may be quickly removed and new ones replaced.

I believe I have thus described my improvement so as to enable others skilled to make and use the same, and in so doing I have also shown the `advantage to be derived by its use over others.

What I claim, therefore, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the plate B, calks C, and shoe A, substantially in the manner as and for the purpose described.

JOSEPH .IOREY.

Witnesses:

EDWARD W. Buss, JEREMY IV. Buss. 

